2;[g Fr. Kränzlin. — Orchidaceae-Odontoglosseae IL 



apicujatum, lobi laterales ad lobulos rotundatos vix prosilientes reducti, carinae per 

 discum 4 quarum medianae longiores, ultra dimidium disci decurrentes, haud valde 

 prosilientes, totum labellum sepala lateralia subaequans, 1,5 ad 2 cm latum, album 

 antice luteolum, carinae rubro-limbatae. Gynostemium breve, alae vix conspicuae, 

 angustae, superne cornuum brevium instar productae. Flores odorem gratissimum 

 exhalare dicuntur. 



Var. A. herbaceum Lindl. Fol. Orch. (1855). — Cyrtochilum maculatum Lindl. 

 in Bot. Reg. (1838) t. 44 et Sertum Orch. t. 25; Bot. Mag. t. 3836. — Sepala petalaque 

 viridia, purpureo-maculata, labellum quadricarinatum, cuspidatum, antice latissimum 

 (igitur obovatum), lobi laterales in medio labelli. 



Var. B. Russelianum Lindl. 1. c. — Sepala petalaque pallide viridia, maculis 

 magnis intense purpureis decora, carinae labelli basi in dentes aucti. Flores majores 

 quam illi variet. A. 



Var. C. parviflorum Lindl. 1. c. — öyrtochüum maculatum var. parmflorum 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1841) Mise. 87. — Flores minores, lobi laterales labelli majores, sepala 

 lateralia plus minus connata. 



Var. D. Lindleyi Lindl. 1. c. — Odontoglossum Lindleyi Galeotti in lit. ex Lindl. 

 f \ \ c> — Oncid. maculatum var. Donianum Reichb. f. in Bonpl. III. (1855) 215. — 

 Flores in paniculam magnam, patulam dispositi, eodem colore quo illi var. B, lobi 

 laterales basilares, parvi lobus intermedius magnus, labellum inde hastatum, carinae 

 labelli denticulatae, undulatae. 



Var. E. vineum Lindl. 1. c. — Sepala petalaque intense brunnea, maculis viridi- 

 luteis parvis signata, labellum luteolum, antice vinoso-rubrum, lobi laterales breves, 

 basilares, lobus intermedius ovatus, acutus, non cuspidatus, carinae denticulatae, lobu- 

 latae, curvulae. 



Var. F. psittacinum Lindl. 1. c. — Oncid. psittacinum Linden fide Reichb. f. — 

 Sepala petalaque lutea, maculis circularibus ornata, carinae simplices. — Huc icon in 

 Cogniaux, Dict. Icon. Orch. Oncidium, t. 19. 



Zentralamerikanische Provinz. Mexiko: Vera Cruz (Hartweg). In Zentral- 

 amerika häufig. In Europa seit 1837 in Kultur; jetzt seltner geworden. 



Nota. Valde variabilis; planta pulcherrima, olim frequentius eulta, immerito oblivione 

 obruta. In enumerandis varietatibus cl. Lindl ey secutus sum; inveniuntur etiam formae inter- 

 mediae. — Garinis labelli et cireuitu ad Miltonias vergit, a quibus ceterum diversissima. 



215. 0. phymatochilum Lindl. in Gard. Chron. (1848) 139 c. ic* et 159; in Faxt. 

 Flow. Gard. I. 78 c. ic. et sub t. 18. (Nov. impr. I. 74 et 188 c. ic); Fol. Orch. Oncid. 54; 

 Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. Mise. 32 c. ic; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. III. 559 et VI. 812; 

 Linden, Pescatorea t. 35; Bot. Mag. t. 521 4; Fl. d. Serres XXIII. t. 2 465; Veitch, Man. VIII. 

 69 c. ic; Williams, Orch. Alb. X. t. 470 et Orch. Grow. Man. 7. ed. 627; Sander, Orchid. 

 Guide 189; Cogniaux in Fl. Bras. III. 6. 384. — Radices saepius longissimae, copiosae. 

 Pseudobulbi aggregati, tenues, late ovati, ad 1 cm longi, 5 cm lati, basi cataphyllis 

 quibusdam membranaeeis satis firmis vestiti, monophylli. Folia e basi complicata 

 lanceolata ligulatave, crasse coriacea, obtusa, plus minus oblique emarginata, rigida, 

 20 ad ultra 30 cm longa, 4 ad 7 cm lata. Inflorescentia paniculata, multiramosa, ad 

 1,5 m longa, bracteae minutissimae, 2 ad 3 mm longae, pedicelli cum ovariis ad 2,5 cm 

 longi, satis tenues. Sepala petalaque paulo angustiora lineari-lanceolata, acuminatissima, 

 leviter torta reflexaque, pallide (rarius intense) lutea, purpureo-vittata vel maculata, ad 

 4 cm longa, 3 ad 3,5 mm lata, petala paulo minora 2,5 cm vix superantia, omnia 

 patentissima. Labelli sessilis lobi laterales pro rata parvi, auriculiformes, apice rotundati, 

 lobus intermedius ex isthmo satis lato euneatim dilatatus, obovatus, antice triangulo- 

 acutatus, toto margine undulatus, reflexus, discus in isthmo toto ambitu triangulus, 

 antice tridentatus, dentibus obtuse acutatis, additis denticulis minoribus in superficie et 

 quibusdam majoribus in circumferentia calli, superficies ceterum minute papulosa, totum 

 labellum tenue (excepto callo carnosulo) membranaceum, albidum, callo luteo, ad 

 1,5 cm longum, quo latissimum 1 cm latum. Gynostemium leviter cygnoideum, albidum, 





